Tyson may simply be a fighter whose search-and-destroy instincts will always override a more studious approach to solving an opponent.

Somehow the sporting instinct overrode all else in the human condition when the proposition was put correctly.

The longer he stood here in the lightning-lit garden, watching Cordelia set out her preparations, the more his instincts were overriding his control.

But as she began to crumple to the ground, instinct overrode the conscious mind and he reached out for her.

Right now, the Speaker's pugnacious instinct is overriding his common sense about the ethical expectations aroused by the November victories.

Her natural instincts to protect all life, however, do override her personal fear of pain and suffering.

But there's also a type of person whose competitive instincts override reason.

"Oh no, you can't do that," she cried, professional instincts overriding all eLse for an instant.

Sometimes, just sometimes, the bear took too much control and animal instinct overrode their human emotions.

But some deeper instinct overrode his emotions, urging him to stay calm, to fight coolly.